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The Right to Remain Silent

By Baker Associates

One of the biggest obstacles that criminal defense attorneys encounter frequently is figuring out how to suppress, explain, or otherwise avoid a statement that has been given by a criminal suspect to law enforcement officials prior to the suspect consulting with his or her attorney. Suspects often feel like it may help their cause to be overly cooperative with law enforcement officials, and, in fact, many suspects are explicitly informed by the authorities that cooperating will make things go smoother for them or will help them in some way. Occasionally, defendants are even threatened for their refusal or unwillingness to cooperate. The key point for criminal suspects in Tennessee to remember is that you are never under any obligation to give a statement of any kind to law enforcement officials other than for purposes of identifying oneself...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on November 08, 2010 (boomark / email).